‘Teen Takeovers’ Are a Growing Problem, and Cities Haven’t a Clue of What to Do About Them

a mental-health crisis among teens, maintains Jasmin Ford, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and clinical instructor at the University of Illinois–Chicago. Young people missed key developmental milestones and now suffer from arrested development and the post-Covid loneliness identified by Abrams.

Explanation three: emotional neediness. “A lot of times continue reading …